Novelty ornament



June 28, 1949. L. H, DURB|N 2,474,236

NOVELTY ORNAMENT :Filed Aug. 28, 1946 l f I l v Inf/eu or Y YLaw'eiia 1. Par/ift Patented June 28, 1949 NOVELTY ORNAMENT Lauretta H.Durbin,

Casper, Wyo., assigner of fifty per cent to Miner M. Durbin, Casper,Wyo. Application August 28, 1946, Serial No. 693,563

6 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in noveltyornaments and the primary object of the present invention is to providean improved novelty ornament made from various lengths of figured and-colored chenille having conformable wire supporting cores adapted to beassembled and connected together to simulate various forms of animals orobjects.

Another important objec-t of the present invention is to provide anovelty ornament which will be constructed from figured and coloredchenille and so designed as to facilitate the same to be worn upon acoat lapel or other place dominance.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved method offorming novelty ornaments comprising the cutting of various lengths offigured and colored chenille, assembling the various lengths by twistingVand tying together, and shaping the assembled products to simulate ananimal or other objects.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide an ornamentalgure that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliablein use, neat and attractive in appearance, small and compact instructure, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a novelty ornament made in accordance with thepresent invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view vof the wires shaped to form the body andtail of the ornament, and tie wires therefor;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the main body wire with head formingand leg forming wires shaped and attached thereto, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the chenille strips used inconjunction with the present invention.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral l represents generally the lower frame,preferably of wire construction, that forms the main portion of thepresent novelty device. This frame l0 includes a length of wire l2forming the base body portion of a suitable gured ornament designatedgenerally by the numeral I4. One end portion of this wire I2 is arcuatedto provide a side head element I6 which is looped as at I8 at itsforward end 20 and terminates in a further arcuated side head element 22which is looped as at 24 to the forward end 26 of the wire l2 and whichthen extends forwardly between the side elements I6 and 22 to provide anarcuate central head element 28, the forward end 30 of which extendsthrough loop I8.

Looped as at 62 and 34 adjacent the forward end 26 and rear end 36 ofthe wire l2, are the central portions of a pair of substantially U-shaped forward legs 38 and a pair of rear legs i6 having their free endsturned forwardly to provide bearing feet 42, as best shown in Figure 3of the drawings.

The numeral ill represents the upper frame or back portion of thefigured ornament I4 generally, preferably formed from a single length ofwire. One portion of this wire is curved upwardly and forwardly toprovide an arcuate central tail portion or main tail base 46, the lowerend of which is arcuated to provide a substantially inverted U-shaped orhumped central back element 48, the uppermost central portion of whichis spaced relative to the free extremity 56 of the central tail portion46. The forward end 52 of this central back element 48 is looped as at5d and extends rearwardly to provide an arcuate back side element 56adjacent the elemen-t 63, which extends between the juncture of the tailportion i6 and the central back element A8, through the loop 54, andback to the juncture of the tail portion l5 with the central backelement 48, to provide a lower ring or elliptical element 48, which isarcuated adjacent the central tail portion 46 to provide a side tailportion 60 that is looped as at 62 about the end 50 of the central tailportion and is curved downwardly and forwardly to provide a further sidetail portion 6A, the lower end 66 of which is coiled as at 68 at thejuncture of the central tail portion 46 with the central back element48. The end 66 then extends arcuately forward to provide a further backside element 70, the forward end 'l2 of which terminates between theloops 54.

The upper frame 44 is secured at its looped portions 54 and coil portion68 by wire strips or pieces 'i4 and 'i6 to the forward end 26 of thewire I2 and adjacent the rear end 36 of said wire l2.

It should be noted, that the upper extremity of the central back elementd8 is disposed above the upper extremities of the similar side backelements 56 and 16, and that the same is disposed at substantially rightangles-to the ring element '58,

3 whereas the side back elements 56 and 'l0 are inclined to both thecentral back element 48 and the ring element 58.

It is preferred, that chenille strips or any other suitable type oftowel material T8, 80 and 82 0f a preferably white material be securedto the respective central arcuate head element 28, the sideback elements56 and 1'0 and the central tail element 46. Also that chenille strips84, 86, 88, 90 and 92 of preferably black material or figured materialbe secured to the respective side head elements I6 and 22, the ringelements 58, the central back element 48, the side tail elements 66 and64, and the leg and feet portions .38, 4t and 42.

For the purpose of further simulating an animal, suitable eyes 94 arexed to the sidehead elements I6 and 22 that extend outwardly from the'strips 86.

Although all of the said strips of chenille or the like are providedwith cores 96 that terminate in attaching wires 98 that facilitate thesame to be `applied to their respective portions oi' the upper and lowerframes, it should be understood that the strips may be glued to theframe without deviating from the scope of the present invention. Aftercompleting the ornament I4 illustrated in Figure l, a'brush should beemployed for vigorouslybrushing all of the chenille ystrips so thatthere will exist no space between adjacent strips of chenille.

`In-viewof the foregoing description taken in conjunction `with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is 4to be understood, however, that even thoughfthere is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fullycomprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

`1. A novelty ornament comprising a frame including a straight length ofwire cored material terminating in an arcuate head portion, said headportion including a central arcuate wire coredelement and a pair ofarcuate forwardly converging wire cored side elements joined at a noseand neck, and two pairs of supporting wire cored leg elements carried bythe straight length of wire cored material, the free ends of said legelements forming co-planar bearing feet spaced parallel-to the straightlength of wire cored material, each wire cored element comprising a pairof relatively twisted wires and brous material gripped by and coveringsaid wires, said brous material tapering in length 'from the middle tothe ends of each of said wire cored elements.

2` A novelty ornament comprising a frame including a straight length ofwire cored material terminating in an arcuate head portion, said headportion including a central arcuate wire cored element and a pair ofarcuate forwardly converging wire cored side elements joined at a noseand neck, two pairs of supporting wire cored leg elements carried by thestraight length of wire cored material, the free ends of said legelements forming co-planar bearing feet spaced parallelto'the straightlength of wire cored material, and a secondsubstantlally dome-shapedframe including a plurality of wire cored back forming elementsconnected together and to the end portions of the straight length ofwire cored material, each wire cored element of said frames comprising apair of relatively twisted wires and brous material gripped by andcovering said wires, said fibrous material tapering in length from themid-point to the ends of each of said elements.

`3. The combination of claim 2, wherein said second frame includes atail portion, said tail portion comprising a plurality of arcuate wirecored elements joined at their ends and to the free end portion of saidstraight length oi wire ccred'material.

4. The combination of claim 2, wherein said :secondframe includes acentral arcuate back element, a pair of arcuate side back elements, alowerycontinuous backelement, and a tail portion comprising a pluralityof arcuate wire cored elements joined at their ends and to the free endportionffoi said straight `length of wire cored material.

'5."The combination of claim 2, wherein said tail portion includes acentral tail forming wire cored element, and a pair of side tail formingwire cored elements.

6. A novelty ornament comprising upper and lower frames, said lowerframe including a straight'length of wire cored material terminatingl inan arcuate head portion, said head portion including a central arcuatewire cored element and a pair of arcuate forwardly converging wire coredside elements -joined at a nose and neck, and twopairs oi supportingwire cored leg ele ments carried by the straight length of wire coredmaterial, the free ends of said leg elements forming co-planar bearingfeet spaced substantially parallel'tothe straight length of wire coredmaterial, said upper frame including a back portion and a tail portion,said back portion comprising `a central back forming wire cored element,a pair ofsideback forming wire cored elements and a continuous backforming wire cored element, said tail portion including a central tailforming wire cored element and a pair of side tail forming wire coredelements joined at their ends and to the free end portion of saidstraight length of wire cored material, each of said frame formingelements comprising a pair of relatively twisted wires andbrous materialgripped between and covering lsaid wires, the brous material tapering inlengthrfrom a 'mid-point to the ends of each of ysaid frame formingelements to provide bunches of brOusmateriaI, the brous material on thecentral element of said head portion, the sideback elements of said back`portion and the central element of said tail portion being of a similarcolor, and the .fibrous material on the central element and continuouselement of said back portion, the side elements of said head portion,the leg elements,.and side elements of said tail portion being ofsimilar color.

` LAURETTA H. DURBIN.

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